Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 10 , Pages 1690-1699 , October 2010

Reflex responses of masseter muscles to sound

  • Franca Deriu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Section of Human Physiology and Bioengineering, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy. Tel.: +39 079 22 82 94; fax: +39 079 22 81 56.
    • ,
  • Elena Giaconi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
    • ,
  • John C. Rothwell

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Eusebio Tolu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

,Accepted 9 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.11.093

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 10 , Pages 1690-1699 , October 2010

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